La Plata, MD – Edward Nathaniel Walker was on a roll.
According to Charles County Assistant States Attorney Jeremy Widder, Walker got his truck worked on at Trick Trucks located on Old Washington Road in September 2010 to the tune of $5,235. Widder told Charles County Circuit Court Judge H. James West Wednesday, Nov. 30 that Walker paid for the repairs with a check from an account that was closed out seven months earlier.
In November, he purchased $5,057.92 worth of sound equipment from Hot Licks in Waldorf, later installed at his son’s home. Checks he wrote to pay for the equipment with were returned for insufficient funds.
“Attempts were made to make contact with the defendant but he did make restitution,” Widder explained.
By December, Walker had contracted with a local car dealership to sell Christmas trees and ordered 500 Frazier Fir trees from East Mountain Frazier Fir Farm in North Carolina. Walker paid $17,248 for the trees and a $3,250 freight fee both with bogus checks. “The checks were on the business account of Walker Food and Vending, which had been closed since 2008,” Widder stated. “The Charles County Sheriff’s Office was contacted and they seized the Christmas trees. Deputies were sitting on 508 trees that were later given to a local fire station, and they were able to sell the trees.”
Walker also bilked a customer out of $5,000 while working at the used car dealership.
According to terms of his plea bargain, Walker will pay $2,000—by money order, the judge was quick to point out—within 60 days, and $500 a month until the restitution is paid in full.
“As long as you pay $2,000 I will push this out,” West told the defendant, and set a status hearing for May 17, 2017.
Contact Joseph Norris at joe.norris@thebaynet.com